Haris Rauf held a virtual media conference with the local media

The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed three players – Haider Ali, Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan – have tested positive for Covid-19. The players had shown no symptoms until they were tested in Rawalpindi on Sunday.

Pakistan is the land of great fast bowlers. It is the land of Wasim and Waqar. Why then does the team always have to go back to Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz and has struggled to find consistency in their second line of attack?

Haris Rauf has had a meteoric rise since he appeared in Lahore Qalandars’ trials in Gujranwala two years ago. The right-arm pacer has since gained admirers wherever he has played.

It is amazing that just three years ago, Rauf had no plans of representing Pakistan and had not played with the season ball.